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NFC tags at fridge will make your life more comfortable Just stick some NFC tags to your fridge or on the back side of the remote control of your TV. With the NFC task launcher on your Android phone the apps of your favourite pizzeria or any other fast food restaurant will start. If they […]

The reference design contains a NFC link to a PDA or Android smartphone. The magnetic energy of the NFC reader / writer of the Android phone is high enough to supply the reference PCB with MCU and E-Paper label. The PCB holds a System on Chip (NFC antenna interface, embedded MCU, EEprom and SPI interface), […]

With NFC your life can be more comfortable. It can be saver as well, because in your car the Bluetooth hands free kit will be connected automatically. Your wife will receive a message that you are available in the car automatically as well. An Android phone with NFC can start any app or can start […]

With this new game controller childhood dreams come true. Everyone can now become a Jedi. In addition to video games, you can use it to control a home entertainment system or model air-plane. What’s missing in my opinion, are more new profiles in Bluetooth Smart. We need uniform interfaces and APIs. There is not just […]

The NFC /RFID evaluation kit comes with two different PCBs. Both PCBs come with the schematic diagrams. They are ready to copy. EEprom with NFC / RFID interface M24LRxxx The EEprom has an I2C interface as usual. The foot print of the EEprom is a well known shape from EEproms of the past. Three pins […]

Message regarding ordering pizza by NFC to me Message: I appreciate the posting about ordering pizza by NFC. I contacted the company to ask if there was a simple way for a pizza shop to order these tags and what the cost was. The tags, at a qty of 1000, are .85 each unless the […]

Paring by NFC/RFID for any M2M device – a dream comes true With this new NFC/RFID on chip all NFC/RFID enabled devices like smart phones or tablets or RFID readers can read and write to the chip. The chip is a NFC/RID tag on ISO/IEC 15693 that you just solder on your PCB. The NFC/RFID […]

Nice – for just 199 Bucks I can get a Android tablet that covers nearly all radio links I was talking about at Droidcon in Berlin. Comparison of Radio Links inside an Android Device and Examples for Applications http://m.de.droidcon.com/session/comparison-radio-links-inside-android-device-and-examples-applications?device=mobile The only radio link missed is ANT+. Anyhow, ANT+ can be covered by USB. The first […]

Presentation at Droidcon 2012 in Berlin 16 slides about short range radio links inside an Android device for download: http://www.box.com/s/d538e0081ff656c3d899 The focus of this presentation is on Bluetooth Smart. Bluetooth Smart was called WiBree years ago. Later on it was renamed to Bluetooth Low Energy also called Bluetooth 4.0. Four names for the same technology. […]

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Why I wrote the IoT M2M Cookbook

In my more than 20 years working with a manufacturer and in distribution I gave the same hints and recommendations to developers of wireless applications again and again. In May 2012 I made the decision to write the story that I have to tell weekly to customers in a book. The target is to guideline developers from the idea for an IoT / M2M device to a final product with mass production.
http://www.gsm-modem.de/M2M/m2m_iot_cookbook/